How to Find Money Owed to You – Missing Money Search
If you’ve ever seen the You Might Be Rich program on NBC, then you know that there is billions of dollars in missing money that you might be able to claim. Every year, millions of people are surprised by the fact that there has been money sitting in your state’s bank account, just waiting for you to collect.
There could be thousands of dollars in cash funds that at some point or time were unable to be delivered to you. As a result, the cash was sent to the state to hold for you. Billions of dollars are lost, as most of these assets are never claimed by the real owner. There could be an old paycheck, trust funds, inheritance, or even money that belonged to a deceased relative that you now have the rights to claim.
How to Find Money Owed to You:
Online resources allow you to search state records to see if there is property that is owed to you. By entering just your name and the zip code of the are you currently live in or lived in the past, these search databases can identify:
- Bank accounts and safe deposit box contents
- Stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and dividends
- Uncashed checks and wages
- Insurance policies, CD’s, trust funds
- Utility deposits, escrow accounts
In addition to the above, the IRS may owe you a tax refund that you don’t even know about. Before you send another penny to the government for taxes, be sure you don’t have a check coming your way. Find out if there’s unclaimed tax dollars that is owed to you from the IRS
In: Personal Finance · Tagged with: free unclaimed money, missing money, money owed to you
on August 26, 2009 at 10:57 pm
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